About Eóin Ó Cuileannáin
Lived 1584 – 1661 (aged 76–77). Eóin Ó Cuileannáin was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Eóin Ó Cuileannáin, S.T.D. (anglicised John O'Cullenan; –1661) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Raphoe from 1625 to 1661.
Ó Cuileannáin was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe by papal brief on . Four years later, he was appointed Bishop of Raphoe on , but was not consecrated until 1629. After having been held in prison in Derry for several years, Bishop Ó Cuileannáin went into exile in March 1653.
Eóin Ó Cuileannáin died in Brussels on 24 March 1661, aged about 78, and was interred in the chapel of the Virgin in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
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Roman Catholic bishop of Raphoe
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Eóin Ó Cuileannáin was born in 1584.
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Eóin Ó Cuileannáin died on 24 March 1661.
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Eóin Ó Cuileannáin was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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